Watching Trump decimate NOAA & NWS, I recall that accurate weather forecasts were the difference between success and failure of D-Day.
https://www.rmets.org/metmatters/how-weather-forecast-made-history-d-day-landings
https://www.rmets.org/metmatters/how-weather-forecast-made-history-d-day-landings
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I imagine it went something like this:
Eisenhower: Stagg! What about this damned weather.
Stagg: Yes Sir, most inclement, (looks out of window) though I daresay it will clear up later.
Eisenhower: That's good enough for me. Ramsay! Get going.
And of course, all the lives saved over decades from severe weather of all varieties here including tornadoes, hurricanes, and winter storms.